Hand transplantation: A Swiss research success
Hope for hand amputees: researchers at Inselspital and the University of Bern have successfully tested a new method for local immunosuppression.
Aug 22, 2013
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Hope for hand amputees: researchers at Inselspital and the University of Bern have successfully tested a new method for local immunosuppression.
Aug 22, 2013
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A former Marine sergeant who underwent a double arm transplant said Wednesday that the best part about having arms again is that he can hold his fiancee's hand and pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a chef.
Oct 5, 2016
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Surgeons in Philadelphia have performed a double-hand transplant on a boy believed to be the youngest patient to undergo the procedure.
Jul 28, 2015
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Cleveland Clinic surgeons have replaced nearly the entire face of a middle-aged man severely disfigured in a car accident, the hospital announced Tuesday.
Nov 18, 2014
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Travel does more than just transport you to a different place. It can broaden your perspective, increase your happiness, give you a chance to try new things, boost your creativity and help you recharge. Even planning a trip ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Recovery of feeling can gradually improve for years after a hand transplant. That's the suggestion from a small study that points to changes in the brain, not just the new hand, as a reason.
Nov 16, 2014
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The lead surgeon in the UK's first double hand transplant says he believes the patient will regain good movement and feeling in his hands.
Jul 22, 2016
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Surgeons at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world's first bilateral hand transplant on a child. Earlier this month, the surgical team successfully ...
Jul 28, 2015
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Researchers have found that the nerve cells (neurons) controlling sensation and movement of the hands show injury-induced changes for years after hand amputation, reattachment or transplant. The small study, the first of ...
Apr 12, 2017
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An 8-year-old boy who became the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant has left the Philadelphia hospital where the procedure was done and was returning to his Maryland home.
Aug 26, 2015
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